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  • Walter's Blog.
    • Crime in Hong Kong >
      • Triads
      • The Saga That Rocked Hong Kong's Legal Fraternity
      • Yip Kai-foon - No Hero
  • History of Hong Kong Policing
    • History 1841 to 1941
    • History 1945 to 1967
    • Anatomy of the 50 cent Riot - 1966
    • The Fall of a Commissioner.
    • History 1967 to 1980
    • Three Wise Men from the West
    • 1980 Joining Up - Grafton Street >
      • Arrival and First Impressions
      • First Week
      • Training
      • Passing Out
      • Yaumati Cowboy >
        • Getting on the Streets
        • Jumpers, pill poppers and the indoor BBQ
        • Into a Minefield.
        • Tempo of the City
      • Why Tango in Paris, when you can Foxtrot in Kowloon? >
        • Baptism By Fire
        • Kai Tak with Mrs Thatcher.
        • Home; The Boy Returns
      • 1984 - 1986 >
        • PTU Instructor & Getting Hitched
        • Having a go: SDU
        • Starting a Chernobyl family
        • EOD - Don't touch anything
        • Semen Stains and the rules
      • 1987 to 1992 - Should I Stay or Go? >
        • Blue Lights, Sirens & Grenades
        • Drugs, Broken Kids & A Plane Crash
        • 600 Happy Meals Please!
        • Hong Kong's Best Insurance
        • Riding the Iron Horse
    • The Blue Berets.
    • The African Korps and other tribes.
    • Getting About - Transport.
    • A Pub in every station
    • Bullshit Bingo & Meetings
    • Godber - The one who nearly got away.
    • Uncle Ho
  • Home
  • Introduction
  • About Walter
  • Top 20 Films
    • 2001 - A Space Odyssey.
    • The Godfather.
    • Blade Runner
    • Kes
    • Star Wars
    • Aliens
    • Ferris Bueller's Day Off
    • The Life of Brian
    • Dr Strangelove.
    • Infernal Affairs
    • Bridge on the River Kwai.
    • This Is Spinal Tap.
    • Chung King Express
    • An Officer and a Gentleman
    • PTU
    • Contact
    • Saving Private Ryan
    • Family Guy Star Wars
    • Zulu
    • Hard Day's Night
  • Blogs Greatest Hits
    • Savile : Now Then, Now Then
    • A Silly Country
    • Vennells - In the Faustian Realm Page
    • A Bond Is Broken
    • The English Eccentric Lives On
    • How is democracy working for you?
    • Occupy Central - A creature void of form
    • Brave New World
    • Bob Dylan and Me.
    • Sweet Caroline - Never Seemed So Good!
    • Postmodernism - Spiraling down the sink hole.
    • Why Dad is so important.
    • Man Overboard
    • Suffer the Children
    • Tony Blair, the turd that won't flush
    • Algorithms and Robots - the changing face of work
    • Campus Warfare
    • Are We Alone?
    • There is no motive.
    • The State of Play
    • Crisis, What Crisis?
    • Milk Powder - A Test of public sentiment.
    • Hello Baldy - Free Speech.
    • THe Other Side of the Story
    • The Merry House of Windsor
    • The Utility of the Windsors
    • Civil War?
    • Big Lily - The Headscarf Hero
    • RTHK - Spinning.
    • Occupy Leaders Convicted - What Next?
    • Hypocrites
    • Hong Kong's Lady Macbeth
    • Beijing Says Enough Is Enough
    • The Gardens of Fuyang
    • Beating the Devil - under a flyover
    • Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast
    • Gweilo 鬼 佬​
    • What goes around, comes around!
    • The Cobra
    • Liz Truss - A Cosplay Thatcher
    • Liz Truss trashes and crashes.
    • Hong Kong Judicary - has something gone wrong
    • Hubris, arrogance and failure.
    • Carry On Up the Khyber
    • The Unseen Hand
    • The Laptop that won't shut down
    • Legacy Media - the end is near
    • Malcolm Tucker Tribute Act
    • Journalism - Something has gone wrong?
    • Decline of the West? Maybe?
    • Canada's Killing Machine
    • English Uprising
    • South Yorkshire Police Madness
    • Deceitful BBC
    • Fair Dee Well
    • British Policing Needs A Reality Check.
    • Being a man is not a crime yet!
    • Putting Old Oak Common on the map.
    • When the winds stops blowing
    • Vietnam Part Deux - The Retreat from Kabul
    • Not Enough Of Us
    • The Long Read >
      • The Big Game
      • The Hidden Leader
      • British Policing - What's to be done?
      • How The Walls Come Down
      • War in Ukraine - the narrative and other stuff.
      • New World Order - Something is going on!
      • The Post Office; Lie, Deny, Cheat, Hide & Steal
      • To Scare the Monkeys
      • The U.K. is a tinderbox or are we all getting it wrong?
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Walter's Top 20 Movies

Any list of favorite movies is shaped by generation, age and environment. It’s also what was accessible to you. I was fortunate enough to have the usual Hollywood fare, plus British movies and a good cross section of Hong Kong's best. So here’s my list with reviews:

1. 2001 Space Odyssey - Review
2. The Godfather Part 1- Review
3. Bladerunner Directors Cut - Review
4. Kes - Review
5. Star Wars- Review
6. Aliens- Review
7. Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Review
8. Life of Brian- Review
9. Dr. Strangelove - Review
10. Infernal  Affairs - Review
11. Bridge on the River Kwai - Review
12. This is Spinal Tap - Review
13. Chung King  Express 
- Review
14. An Officer & a Gentleman - Review
15. PTU - Review
16. Contact - Review
17. Saving Private Ryan - Review
18. Family Guy Star Wars - Review
19. Zulu - Review
20. Hard Day's Night - Review

Honorable mentions, in no particular order:
  • Battle of Britain
  • Apocalypse  Now 
  • Platoon
  • Billy Elliot
  • One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Back to the Future
  • Casablanca 
  • ​Das Boot
  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • Groundhog Day
  • Fight Club
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